Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com It’s been 365 days since Kobe Bryant tragically passed away … but Byron Scott’s still nowhere close to moving on — telling TMZ Sports, “I still think about him every day.” The former NBA star was very tight with the Mamba — Byron played with Kobe AND coached him — and he says getting through the tragedy has been hard as hell. “There’s two people that passed away in my life,” Byron said. “My mom, who I think about all the time, and ‘Showboat.’ I think about him every day.” Scott explained, “It’s something about him that, in my life, every day something brings me back to a memory of KB.” Getty Byron says from when he met Kobe as a 17-year-old, to coaching him with the Lakers in his late 30s — Bryant inspired him in nearly every way. “I was just blessed to be able to be around him,” said Byron, who added Kobe was “an unbelievable person.” As we reported, 41-year-old Bryant died along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash one year ago today. The NBA world has paid homage to the legend in nearly every way… Read full this story
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